Hi, I'm Humeyra
I find the people who build what’s next.
I’ve spent my career hiring leaders and building teams inside fast-growing tech companies. This is where I share how I think about people, and the companies they build.
Talent at fal ↗Executive search
Listen forthe things people don’t say.
Hiring at scale
Technical leaders
Teams people stay in
Drag things around
How I read people
What’s on paper is only half the story.
I started in executive search, where the job is telling a leader who is great from one who only looks great on paper. Flip the profile to see what I’m listening for.
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Candidate profileVP Engineering
01Scaled the team from 12 to 80 engineersWho followed them here? People who choose to follow say more than headcount.
02Led the platform rewriteCan they tell me what they got wrong, without being asked twice?
03Ten years at well-known companiesLogos are a starting point. I want the hardest call they made there.
04Strong referencesThe pause before a reference answers tells me more than the answer.
Path
Four rooms, one question.
How do you find exceptional people, and build a place where they want to stay? Tap each stop.
What I know
Four things I know well.
Pick a layer.
Layers
Layer 1 of 4
Executive search
How to tell whether a leader is right, beyond the résumé and the rehearsed answers.
On my desk
Questions I’m writing about.
Essays in progress. If one of these is your problem right now, I’d like to hear about it.
Why great companies don’t always make great hiring decisions.
What changes about hiring as a company enters hypergrowth.
The next generation of executive search, in AI.
Say hello
Let’s talk people.
I like talking to founders, investors, and anyone who thinks hard about people and how organizations work.
Humeyra · On people and companiesMade in a design-tool mood